By Debora Durnin-Richards, PHEc, M.Ed. Darn, physical distancing is hard. This business of not being able to gather for family or friendship dinners or celebrations takes a toll on our …
Marina Cewick (B.H.Ecol.) & Kerstin Roger (PhD) Each year, personal care homes host community walks for International Elder Abuse Awareness Day (IEAAD). This year, that likelihood seems grim. Many personal …
By Jenny Giesbrecht, IPHE In a time where all you have is time – do you ever feel like you wasted the day? Although our routines have been thrown out …
By Carla Falkevitch, PHEc We all feel stress, anxiety, fear, and loneliness during this time. The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the consequences of Covid-19 and the effects …
By Diana Mager, PHEc Are your mini-coworkers challenging your work day schedule? Learning how to negotiate work time and space with your partner in a makeshift home office? Feeling like …
By Tressa Alexiuk, PHEcWhile those not dealing with the very worst of the global COVID-19 outbreak are fortunate, everyone is affected to some degree by the stresses of adaptation and …
By Kendra Monk, IPHE/Interim Professional Home Economist “Hello! My name is Kendra, and I am a teen clinic counsellor. Have you ever been to a teen clinic before?” This is …
While snowmobilers expect the unexpected, they can help protect themselves from serious injury Long-time snowmobiler Joe Thievin knows that even if you’re riding with care, the unexpected can happen. “I …
Updated in July 2015 by the Manitoba Association of Home Economists Are family meals a thing of the past? Are we missing an important event as we rush out to …
In honour of family month on the Home & Family blog here is MAHE Board Member Darren Fife and his grandmother preparing Veggie Pasta Shells. Bon appetit! Darren Fife …